Sergio Merce – Archipiélago

This 4 track (download only) album is mastered by David Sylvian.

From Sergio:
Most people know my work as a saxophonist and also as a sound artist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I use a microtonal sax that I built myself, and I modified it radically. This modification means the mechanisms of my alto saxophone create very rich harmonics and allow for slowly moving tonality.

With this recording though I wanted to explore a new approach to this idea of mircotonailty and texture. With “Archipiélago” I wanted to create a new way of approaching this depth of sound and form, which are the fundamental pillars of my music. In a certain sense these pieces show a different landscape, at the same time abstract and concrete, and are a development that pushes outward and I feel advances towards new limits of my abilities as a composer.

Disappearing into the silence, we seek to understand fear and suffering. Sometimes sound becomes silence and it is a vehicle that opens the doors of a new consciousness and perhaps, if everything goes well, we can see reality.

Tracklist:

1. Marea 23:45
2. Marea (excerpt) 04:24
3. Un faro 14:39
4. Un Faro (excerpt) 02:24

All pieces composed and performed by Sergio Merce
Recorded at Cayendo en Cruz studio, buenos Aires, between august 2024 and February 2025

Mastering: David Sylvian

Special thanks to David Sylvian and Lawrence English